How To Make A Pom Pom Rug

When you are trimming your pom poms leave the string tail nice and long.

How to make a pom pom rug.

Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. You can also get the whole family in on it. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. Since i had already begun making the pom pom rug according to that diagram i decided i would continue with that style of difference sized pom pom s and use them in a rectangle.

1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down to size. Doubling up your string will reinforce your pom poms and keep them from falling apart. Overall i used about 90 bundles and tied the bundles in a 8 8 grid. Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps.

Lay them out and admire some more. Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh. This will all make more sense with the instruction booklet that s included in the kit. Around 2 3 per skein roll.

When you re starting to get close to having enough to cover your rug pad begin tying them on using the tails from creating the pom poms. The tails will attach our pom to the rug backing. I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big. If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead.

The first step for making your own large pom is to grab 2 toilet paper rolls and while keeping them together wrap yarn around the rolls a bunch of times. I even got some of mine in a different country to make some and hand them over at the last family meet up. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms.

My rough estimate would be about 80 100 pom poms per square foot but this would depend on the size of the pomps you ll make. Affiliate links anti slip rug pad. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat.

The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable. By making a pom pom rug you are using up scraps of wool left over from other crafts. Make even more pom poms.

If you want to make the rug even more durable use a double layer of the non slip mat. No matter the skill level each family member will be able to make a pom pom for the rug. When you make your pom poms make sure you cut a nice long piece of string and double it up to wrap around the center. For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.

Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much.